METRO EVENT | Beverly Baker Moore: Thorne’s 69th Birthday Bash to be social event of the year!

So let’s raise a margarita to the old guy… and
party like it’s 1969!

Party like you did in 1969 (the Year of the Contortionist!). Poster by Carlos Lowry / The Rag Blog.

By Beverly Baker Moore | The Rag Blog | July 20, 2014

AUSTIN — On Friday, August 1, our way-overworked Rag Blog editor and Rag Radio host, Mr. Thorne Webb Dreyer, will have made it around the sun 69 times. Whether you knew Thorne then, know him now, or know him not… come party with us Armadillo-tribe style.

Thorne Dreyer has been overworked (and dizzy!) since 1966 when he helped found Austin’s original Rag, a trailblazer of the ’60s underground press uprising. Forty years later, in 2006, The Rag rose again — like a reanimated zombie — and The Rag Blog now has followers all over the world. Dreyer also hosts and produces the syndicated Rag Radio, which has aired over 200 original episodes since 2009.

If you’ve been to Rag Blog gatherings sponsored by the Friends of New Journalism, or to one of Thorne’s past birthday celebrations at Maria’s Taco Xpress, you know what to expect… old friends and new, good conversation, a Tex-Mex menu to order from, a bar to step up to, and music by Leeann Atherton and her band on the patio.

Again, Thorne’s birthday bash takes place Friday, August 1, from 7-9 p.m., at Maria’s, 2529 S. Lamar Blvd. And if you haven’t been to Maria’s Taco Xpress, it’s a party all in itself…

You can find the Facebook Event listing here.

In lieu of gifts, we welcome your help in keeping our alternative media alive and thriving with a contribution to the New Journalism Project, the 501(c)(3) non-profit that publishes The Rag Blog and sponsors the weekly Rag Radio show produced in the studios of Austin’s cooperatively-run KOOP 91.7-FM.

So please come join us. And, if you’re not up for partying exactly like you did in 1969, we understand; just do the best you can!

If you are a friend from afar, or just can’t be with us that night — but would like to show your support for The Rag Blog and Rag Radio — we encourage you to donate to the New Journalism Project.

Donations may be treated as tax deductible and can be made through PayPal at this link, or by mail to the New Journalism Project, PO Box 16442, Austin TX 78761-16442.

[Beverly Baker Moore, an Austin-based writer, teacher, and activist, is a contributing editor to The Rag Blog. Find more articles by Beverly Baker Moore on The Rag Blog.]